Lucille Hamilton

Lucille Hamilton
Personal information
Born 25 May 1969[1]
Melbourne, Victroia

Lucille Maree Hamilton (born 25 May 1969) is a former Australian women's basketball player.[1]

Biography

Hamilton played for the Australia women's national basketball team during the late 1980s and early 1990s and competed for Australia at the 1990 World Championship held in Brazil.[2] Hamilton also represented Australia at the 1989 World Championship for Junior Women held in Spain, where she won a bronze medal.[3][4][5] Her married name is Lucille Bailie.[6][7]

In the domestic Women's National Basketball League (WNBL), Hamilton played 377 games for the Dandenong Rangers and Canberra Capitals. Her 377 WNBL games equals the all-time record held with Rachael Sporn.[8][9] In 1988, Hamilton won the inaugural Australian WNBL Youth Player of the Year, now known as the Betty Watson Rookie of the Year.[10][11][12] In 1998, Hamilton was awarded Life Membership to the WNBL.[13] Hamilton's younger sister, Jacinta Hamilton, also played for the national basketball team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 FIBA Archive. World Championship for Women. Player Profile: Lucille Hamilton. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  2. ↑ FIBA Archive. 1990 World Championship for Women. Australia. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  3. ↑ FIBA Archive. 1989 World Championship for Junior Women. Team: Australia. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  4. ↑ FIBA Archive. 1989 World Championship for Junior Women. Final Standings. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  5. ↑ Basketball Australian Representative History (1989). Australian Institute of Sport. Retrieved 2012-10-16.
  6. ↑ Canberra Capitals Club History. Basketball Australia. Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  7. ↑ Stateline Canberra. Transcript Broadcast: 30/04/2004. Australian Broadcast Corporation. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  8. ↑ Women's National Basketball League. Players with 100 or more career games. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Howell, Stephen (December 5, 2005). Little awesome Jacinta. Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  10. ↑ Tayla Roberts named Women's National Basketball League Rookie of the Year (March 25, 2010). Australian Sports Commission. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  11. ↑ Betty Watson. Basketball Australia. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  12. ↑ Youth and Rookie Player of the Year. Basketball Australia. Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  13. ↑ WNBL Life Members. Basketball Australia. Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 2012-10-13.